AIM
The rate of liver abscesses after radiofrequency ablation (RFA) of liver tumors is probably high in patients with a biliary tract drainage procedure connecting the biliary duct system to the… (More)

The epidemiology of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing strains of Klebsiella pneumoniae was studied over a 16-month period in a medical intensive care unit (ICU). A control program… (More)

Blackwater fever (BWF) is a severe clinical syndrome, characterized by intravascular hemolysis, hemoglobinuria, and acute renal failure that is classically seen in European expatriates chronically… (More)

The admission of neutropenic patients to an intensive care unit (ICU) is still controversial, especially if mechanical ventilation is required. To avoid useless stays in ICU, the evaluation of the… (More)

PURPOSE
To describe the presentation and clinical course of septic shock due to Toxoplasma gondii in patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
PATIENTS AND METHODS
From April… (More)

We report the occurrence of a high rate of false-positive test results during the surveillance of hematology patients for galactomannan (GM) antigenemia. Among 218 patients surveyed from June 2002… (More)